Chaplin - Man of All Countries Lyrics

The Broadway Musical
Chaplin - Man of All Countries Lyrics

CHARLIE
I am not a Communist, I am a humanist,
A man of all countries, who cares deeply
for those whom the world has oppressed and forgotten.

HEDDA
HERE IS A PICTURE FROM THE COMMUNIST RALLY
AND THE MAN OF HONOR IS CHAPLIN.
HE SPOKE FOR THEIR CAUSE,
ENDORSED ALL THEIR LAWS,
WE CAN'T LET THIS KIND OF THING HAPPEN.
THE DANGER HAS SPREAD,
THE COLOR OF RED SHINES WHEREVER HE GOES.
THIS MAN OF ALL COUNTRIES,
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHO HE KNOWS.

CHARLIE
I need no borders to define what nation I am loyal to.
I may travel on a British
passport, but I am nonetheless a citizen of the world.
Patriotism is a love for one's
country. Nationalism is an obsession that starts wars.
And I speak for the children
of Russia, whom no one else in America speaks for.

HEDDA
A MAN OF HIS FAME,
A MAN WITH HIS NAME,
CAN'T STEP TOO FAR OVER THE LINE.
THE PUBLIC BELIEVES,
WHAT THEY HEAR AND SEE,
THE EFFECT GROWS BIGGER WITH TIME.
HE CAN'T STAY IN THIS LAND,
AND PUT OUT HIS HAND,
AND THEN TOAST TO OUR ENEMIES.
I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE FOLLOW
EVERYONE HE SEES.

MCGRANERY
Miss Hopper,
in order for me to launch a full-scale Federal investigation into
Chaplin, you're going to have to dig a whole lot deeper!

HEDDA / MCGRANERY
I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE/YOU FOLLOW
EVERYONE HE SEES . . .

[Thanks to Kitty for lyrics]


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Chaplin the Musical Lyrics

Look at All the People
Whatcha Gonna Do?
If I Left London
Sennett Song
Tramp Discovery
Tramp Shuffle - Part 1
Tramp Shuffle - Part 2
Life Can Be Like the Movies
The Look-A-Like Contest
Just Another Day in Hollywood
The Life That You Wished For
All Falls Down
Man of All Countries
What Only Love Can See
The Exile
Where Are All the People?
This Man
Finale